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Re: Clearify running testsuite as part of patch submission
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com> wrote:
>> Seeing that many here are not aware of "make xcheck", we can keep the
>> status quo and advertize "make xcheck" - or we change something. What
>> about switching them? So, check includes all tests but xcheck only those
>> safe in general?
>
> No, 'make check' is the standard target and everyone expects that it is
> safe to run in constrained environments.
>
> What we should do first is document all the details of the xcheck cases
> we have today. ?Then we can consider the issue further.
I also admit to knowing nothing about xcheck.
Given Roland's comments someone needs to review xcheck.
Cheers,
Carlos.